Development of folate receptortargeted pet radiopharmaceuticals for tumor imaging—a bench-to-bedside journey

SD Boss, SM Ametamey - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
… either chemotherapeutics for therapeutic or prosthetic groups for imaging purposes have been
… Almost all folic acid-based chemotherapeutic drugs and radiopharmaceuticals have been …

The concept of folic acid in health and disease

Y Shulpekova, V Nechaev, S Kardasheva, A Sedova… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
… The discovery of folic acid is the result of hard work of Lucy Wills, a medical researcher
graduating from Cambridge University with the degree of botanist and geologist. In 1930, she …

Application of curcumin nanoformulations to target folic acid receptor in cancer: Recent trends and advances

A Hussain, A Kumar, V Uttam, U Sharma, K Sak… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
… -targeted delivery, which proved significant targeting efficacy. As a result of this strategy,
various folic acid-based small … properties weren't discovered until the middle of the 20th century. …

Advancements in folate receptor targeting for anti-cancer therapy: A small molecule-drug conjugate approach

A Rana, S Bhatnagar - Bioorganic chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
… We also discuss the criteria for selecting the optimal therapeutic drug payload, spacer and
… Finally, we review the folate receptor targeting SMDCs that are in preclinical development

[HTML][HTML] Folic acid conjugates of a bleomycin mimic for selective targeting of folate receptor positive cancer cells

A Geersing, RH de Vries, G Jansen, MG Rots… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
… A particularly promising target for selective targeting are the folate receptors (FR) that are
often over-expressed on cancer cells. Here, we report on a conjugate of the pentadentate …

Can nuclear imaging of activated macrophages with folic acid-based radiotracers serve as a prognostic means to identify COVID-19 patients at risk?

C Müller, R Schibli, B Maurer - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Herein, we discuss the potential role of folic acid-based radiopharmaceuticals for
macrophage imaging to support clinical decision-making in patients with COVID-19. Activated …

The folate receptor β as a macrophage-mediated imaging and therapeutic target in rheumatoid arthritis

DMSH Chandrupatla, CFM Molthoff… - Drug Delivery and …, 2019 - Springer
… this receptor to be exploited for RA disease imaging (eg, folate-conjugated PET tracers) and
therapeutic targeting (eg, … , FRβ-targeted in vivo imaging modalities, and FRβ-directed drug …

Single-versus dual-targeted nanoparticles with folic acid and biotin for anticancer drug delivery

M Jurczyk, K Jelonek, M Musiał-Kulik, A Beberok… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
… of cell-surface protein receptor targets, the endogenous receptors are manually … the
therapeutic ligand (quality); and (4) dual-targeting systems that characterize simultaneous targeting

[PDF][PDF] Chemotherapeutic applications of folate prodrugs: A review

YF Mustafa - NeuroQuantology, 2021 - researchgate.net
… in the drug design and discovery stages have been developed during the last several …
treatment effectiveness, and this method has resulted to the development of many folic acidbased

A folic acid-sensitive polyfluorene based “turn-off” fluorescence nanoprobe for folate receptor overexpressed cancer cell imaging

S Roy, A Gunukula, B Ghosh, C Chakraborty - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2019 - Elsevier
… Herein, we have developed an efficient approach for folate receptor (FR) over expressed …
Discovery and development of folic-acid-Based receptor targeting for imaging and therapy of …